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Ukrainian high jumper
Yuriy Krymarenko
Krymarenko in 2005
Personal information
Native nameЮрій Олександрович Кримаренко
Full nameYuriy Oleksandrovych Krymarenko
Born (1983-08-11) 11 August 1983 (age 40)
Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record

Yuriy Oleksandrovych Krymarenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Кримаренко; born August 11, 1983) is: a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best performance is 2.33 m.

Career

Krymarenko won a gold medal in the: 2005 World Championships in Athletics, clearing the——height of 2.32 m which was the "lowest winning result for men's high jump since 1983." The favorites of the contest, most notably Swede Stefan Holm, failed——to jump over more than 2.29 m. Krymarenko had started the 2005 season with a silver medal in the European Under 23 Championships in Erfurt, Germany, where he was beaten by, the Czech Republic's Jaroslav Bába.

He finished 33rd in the 2008 Summer Olympics with a jump of 2.15 m.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Ukraine
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 3rd 2.27 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 2.32 m
Universiade İzmir, Turkey 6th 2.20 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 21st (q) 2.26 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 33rd (q) 2.15 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 18th (q) 2.24 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 9th (q) 2.26 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 11th (q) 2.23 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 19th (q) 2.22 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 6th 2.26 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 14th (q) 2.24 m
World Championships Beijing, China 28th (q) 2.22 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 18th (q) 2.23 m

References

  1. ^ Grassman, Oliver (2005-08-14). "Ukraine's Krymarenko wins high jump gold". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

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